The emergence of numerical weather prediction : Richardson's dream

Peter Lynch

Lewis Fry Richardson dreamt that scientific weather prediction would one day become a practical reality. Before his ideas could bear fruit several advances were needed: better understanding of the dynamics of the atmosphere; stable computational algorithms to integrate the equations; regular observations of the free atmosphere; and powerful automatic computer equipment. By 1950 advances in all these fronts were sufficient to permit the first computer forecast to be made. Over the ensuing fifty years progress in numerical weather prediction has been dramatic. Weather prediction and climate modelling have now reached a high level of sophistication. This book tells the story of Richardson's trial forecast, and the fulfilment of his dream of practical numerical weather forecasting. It includes a complete reconstruction of Richardson's forecast, and analyses in detail the causes of his failure. This will appeal to everyone involved in numerical weather forecasting, from researchers and graduate students to professionals.

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[目次]

  • Guiding signs
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Weather and prediction by numerical process
  • 2. The fundamental equations
  • 3. The oscillations of the atmosphere
  • 4. The barotropic forecast
  • 5. The solution algorithm
  • 6. Observations and inital fields
  • 7. Richardson's forecast
  • 8. Balance and initialization
  • 9. Smoothing the forecast
  • 10. The ENIAC integrations
  • 11. Numerical weather prediction today
  • 12. Fulfilment of the dream
  • Appendix 1. Table of notation
  • Appendix 2. Milestones in Richardson's life and career
  • Appendix 3. Laplace tidal equations: separation of variables
  • Appendix 4. Richardson's forecast-factory: the $64,000 question
  • References
  • Index.

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書名 The emergence of numerical weather prediction : Richardson's dream
著作者等 Lynch, Peter
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2006
ページ数 xii, 279 p.
大きさ 26 cm
ISBN 0521857295
NCID BA80631629
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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